City Council candidate Tyler Vogt won’t interview with the Star
October 4, 2011
by David Safier Following in the footsteps of Al Melvin, Frank Antenori, Dave Gowan and David Stevens, Tyler Vogt has said uh-uh to sitting down for an interview with the Star staff. Which is interesting because, if he were elected, he would have to talk with the Star kinda regularly, since the Star is Tucson's
Koch Brothers lawbreaking: Oil Stealing episode
October 4, 2011
by David Safier I've read through the lengthy Bloomberg News article, Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales. The Iran sales and bribery episodes which have gotten most of the attention are only part of the story. This is a "preponderance of evidence" situation, where, when you see all the things Koch
AIRC Update: About those applications of commissioners
October 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember all the hooplah earlier this summer from Rep. Terri Proud calling for the head of AIRC Chair Colleen Mathis over her AIRC application and a slight omission she used to claim Mathis "lied" on it? Arizona's Redistricting Commission Should Regard the Tea Party as Disruptive Loons: Supposedly, according to these nudniks, she lied
The Beatles heart Herman Cain
October 4, 2011
by David Safier The Beatles may have wanted a Revolution, but what they got was Herman Cain. And the Four Moptops love his 9-9-9 plan. These guys were s-o-o-o-o far ahead of their time. Number_9
Ronald Reagan also called for taxing millionaires more
October 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oh, how soon they forget. The modern-day radical extremists of the GOP all pay hommage to Ronald Reagan as a saint. They have their Saint Ronnie Reagan idols to worship, but they have completely erased from their memories what Ronald Reagan actually had to say. Reagan Called For An End To ‘Crazy’ Tax Loopholes That Let Millionaires
Gov. Chris Christie to the media villagers: Seriously, I am not running for president
October 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After a couple of weeks of non-stop media speculation about whether Gov. Chris Christie will reconsider and run for president — really a sad and pathetic attempt by the D.C. media villagers and Beltway bloviators to flatter Christie into running with their fawning over him — Christie today reiterated that "Seriously, I
Obama picking up “American Dream” theme
October 4, 2011
by David Safier It looks like "The American Dream" is going to be part of Obama's campaign. "I don't mind – I'm used to being an underdog," the president said in an interview with ABC News. "And I think that at the end of the day, though, what people are going to say is, who's
Bill Gates, put $50 million of your “Great Teachers” money in a program like this
October 4, 2011
by David Safier We want to attract higher quality teachers, right? That won't solve all the socioeconomic issues hampering many students' educations, but no one doubts, better teachers mean greater student success. So how about starting a Teaching Fellows Program? Find some of the best and the brightest high school seniors and tell them, if
